Cigarette holder



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c. A. CHANTILIS CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed Feb. 10; 1922 Patented July 8,1924.

UNITED STATES CHARLES A. CHANT 1H8, 0F BELLEVUE, OHIO.

CIGARETTE HOLDER.

Application filed February 10, 1922. Serial No. 585,570.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES TILIS, a former subject of the King ofGreece (who has declared his intention of becoming a citizen of theUnited States and taken out his first papers), residing at Bellevue, inthe county of Huron and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cigarette Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates in eneral to tobacco smokers, appliances,an more particularly to a smoke-filtering dev ce which is adapted to beassociated with the mouth-piece of a cigarette holder, cigar holder,pipe or the like, for the purpose of removing the nicotine and otherobjectionable products from the smoke before it enters the mouth of thesmoker. Among the objects of the invention is to provide a device ofthis character which embodies novel features of construction whereby itcan be readily mounted in the mouth-piece or stem of a pipe or cigaretteholder and will operate in an effective manner to filter the smokewithout interfering with the customary mounting or handling of thedevice.

The invention also contemplates a device of this character which isinexpensive in its construction and can be manufactured in quantitiesand sold at a comparatively small price. A further advantage resides inthe fact that the filter device is readily accessible and the filteringmedium can be quickly removed or replaced without difficulty whenever itbecomes necessary.

With the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists in certain combinations, arrangements, andassociations of the parts, as will more fully appear as the decriptionproceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appendedclaims.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawin s, in which I igure 1 is alongitudinal sectional view through a cigar or cigarette holder which isprovided with a smoke filter embodying the features of the presentinvention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 in which the invention isillustrated.- as applied to a tobacco pipe.

A. CITAN- Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 4-4 ofFig. 1.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all of the views of the drawing by likereference characters.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing, which show the invention asused in connection with a cigar or cigarette holder, the numeral. 1designates the mouth-piece, and 2 the tubular stem which is detachablyconnected to the mouth-piece and has a flared opening 3 within which thecigar or cigarette is adapted to be fitted in the usual and well knownmanner. The mouth-piece is provided with the usual central passage 4through which the smoke is conveyed from the interior of the tubularstem 2 into the mouth of the smoker. A nipple 5 is formed at the end ofthe mouth-piece 1 and the rear end of the tubular stem 2 telescopes overthe nipple and detachably engages the same to provide a connectionbetween the mouth-piece and the stem. This rear end of the stem whichengages the nipple is shown as reinforced by an exterior ferrule or.band 6. This is the usual and well known construction and no claim tonovelty is based thereon.

Fitted upon the end of the nipple 5 is a filter cap 7 which preferablyhas comparatively thin walls and may be formed of any suitable material,although I contemplate making these caps of glass, since glass is aninexpensive material that can be readily cleaned and it will not absorbthe nicotine and other products which may be condensed from the smoke.The extremity of the nipple 5 may be rabbeted as indicated at 5 toengage the open end of the filter cap, the other end of th filter capbeing closed, and the sidewalls of the filter cap being provided withsuitable openings, such as those'indicated at 8 and 9. These openingsare arranged'so that they may be closed b the interior walls of thetubular stem an the openings 8 are arranged near the closed end of thefilter cap while the openings 9 are arranged near the opposite end ofthe filter cap. Some suitable filtering material such as the absorbentcotton 10 is placed within the cap, and the interior of the tubular stem2 is shown as provided with channels or depressions 11 which are adaptedto communicate with either set of the openings 8 and 9, said openingsbeing so arranged that by rotating the stem 2 upon the mouth-piece thechannels can be brought over the either set of openings, the other setof openings being closed.

These channels 11 extend forwardly beyond the filter cap 7 so that thesmoke can enter the forward ends of the channels and be conveyed therebyto either set of the openings, depending upon the adjustment of t eparts. If the channels are in communication with the outer openings 8the smoke will be drawn through substantially the full len th of thefiltering medium 10, although if t e channels are in communication withthe openings 9 the smoke will enter the filter cap 7 at the base thereofand there will be a comparatively slight filtering action. This latterposition may be desirable under some conditlons as for instance whenthere is slight difiiculty in drawing the smoke through the mouthpiece,owing to a'poorly made cigar or cigarette, or a poorly packed ipe. Itwill be obvious, however, that the device can be very quickly adjustedand set so that the smoke will enter the filter cap 7 through either theouter set of 0 enings 8 or the inner set of openings 9, n Figure 2 Ihave shown the band 6 of the stem as provided with an arrow 12 which canbe brought into registry with either one of a pair of graduations 13 onthe mouthiece, thereby enabling the stem to be rotat and set accuratelyin either position, as may be desired, the channels 11 being incommunication with the openings 8 when the arrow 12 is turned to one ofthe graduations 13, and being in communication with the other set ofopenings 9 when the arrow is turned to the other graduation 13.

In Fi trated t e invention as app ied to a conventional tobacco pipe.The bowl 14 of the pipe is provided with a stem 2 which has the openingthrough the rear end thereof enlarged or flared as indicated at 3 sothat it can engage the ni ple of a mouth-piece 1 which is substantiallyidentical inconstruction with the mouth-piece of the cigar and cigaretteholder which has just been described. The filter ca 7" is identical inconstruction with the lter cap' 7 and is arranged and mounted insubstantially the same manner. In both formsof the invention themouth-piece and stem can-bereadily separated-mt anytime in the usualman-- re 30f the drawin s I have illusner, and the filter cap 7 is thenexposed so that it can be removed and the filtering medium within thesame very quickly replaced. The absorbent cotton WhlOh is used as thefiltering medium is so inexpensive that it can be replaced as often asdesired and theexpense is so slight as to be negliglble. As the smoke isdrawn through the absorbent cotton the nicotine and nits a number ofother objectionable pro nets are condensed and absorbed so that thesmoker is enabled to enjoy a cool and refreshing smoke. In order toadjust the parts to draw the smoke through the openings 8 or theopenings 9, the filter cap 7 may be rotated and adjusted u on the ni ple5 instead of rotating the stem upon t e mouth-piece, and this would bepreferable where the invention is embodied in-a tobacco pipe asindicated by Figure 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a mouthpiece, a filter member associated with the mouth piece, and means forcausing the smoke to pass through predetermined varying lengths of thefilter member to vary the filtering action upon the smoke.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a mouthpiece, a member carried by the mouth piece, a tubular stem housing thefilter memberand mounted upon the mouth piece, and means controlled by arelative rotation of the filter member and tubular stem for causing thesmoke to ass throu h predetermined variable lengt of the fi ter memberto vary the filtering action upon the smoke.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a mouthpiece, a filter cap mounted thereon and provided with lateral openings,a filtering medium within the filter cap, and a tubular stem carried bythe mouth piece and having interior walls adapted to close the lateralopenings of the filter cap, said tubular stem being rovided with aninterior channel adapte to be brought into and out of registry with thelateral'openings of the cap by a relative rotation of the tubular stemand cap.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES A. GHANTILIS.

